Why Christian Cover Songs Are So Cringe

[@itsgabibelle]

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[@soapvirus]

NOOOO THEY GOT GABI!!

[@squidpile]

I Shall Not

[@CesarEfrainMaldonado]

Get that bag Gabby 😈

[@bayar_]

i love how you give me so much New hate towards people, it's honestly a talent waking other people up better ánd more hateful than before. great vid as always p.s. we are rooting for you.

[@christinewarden3450]

You should’ve talked more about white people and Christians tendency to steal art, and then demonize the original creators, and how trying to convert people to your religion is hard-core weird and gives colonist vibes

[@TheReddaredevil223]

Hozier's song was played on christian radio stations for a while until they realized the song was criticizing the church

[@eldritchgoat1422]

A lot of religious people just have 0 media literacy skills from being taught not to form their own opinions on things, I guess.

[@abigailgerlock8328]

that is definitely not true

[@unfunnykhoi5913]

Omg same on the Montana Christian radio 😂

[@toast3591]

@@abigailgerlock8328someone debunked you try again

[@Its.shrimple]

FR I USUALLY CAN'T STAND ANY CHRISTIAN OR COUNTRY MUSIC(bc of how unoriginal and nails on a chalkboard over used and boring to the point I'd rather rip my ear canals our then be forced to listen. I mean this from a musical standpoint btw, if you like those genres good on you.) BUT HE MAKES SUCH BANGERS‼‼🔥 Also it was funny asf to watch no one else get what it meant💀 When unholy dropped and they sang and the grammies my church had a 1 hour and 30 minute "sermon"(rant) just about how demonic they are and how kim should die and that kim and sam are going tom the lowest pits of hell WITHOUT EVER KNOWING THE MEANING OF THE SONG😭😭⁉ They just get angry and whine like a baby to mislead others into doing the same before bothering to properly educate themselves..

[@nmatefilms]

As someone who's mom listens to a lot of Christian radio, Ive been hearing terrible religious versions of secular songs for literal decades, and Ive had NO ONE to talk to about it with. I have felt like I was losing my mind. Thank you for making me feel seen.

[@Superbatmanbro]

I can deny that Christian secular version of songs I like are really bad and I’ve never liked them. And I’m a private Christian as well who loves and listen to a lot of different music from around the world and Take me to church is song that I love to

[@missbimbeaux]

@@Superbatmanbro same to both of yall tbh

[@Howaboutyes11]

Ok

[@cranburrey]

As someone who has been listening to Christian songs on the radio since childhood, singers back then used to be more passionate about music and God nowadays you can obviously tell which songs are made for profit and which songs are not

[@raycreveling1583]

@@cranburrey In the 80's-90's the Christian labels got into bed with he major labels. Now they're either distributed by outright owned by the majors.

[@Lildmc1992]

It’s like the great Hank Hill said. “You’re not making Christianity better; you’re making rock and roll worse.”

[@randomnetfiend]

WOW!!!! BEST AND MOST UNDERRATED COMMENT EVER!!!!

[@peachy_lili]

aww, it's in the video and everything she beat you to it

[@dhillaz]

21:56

[@Thecatnamedkiwi]

Watching that show rn lololol

[@owlcityluver]

yes thank you

[@JPgene_]

6:45 "do they know that just saying the devil's name won't summon him?" No .... They don't. They literally think he's Voldemort

[@nicodiangelo6788]

or beetlejuice 💀

[@artgeek3697]

Or Bloody Mary

[@CannibalisticFran]

Or [REDACTED]

[@EOC-Sa8]

Facts.

[@Goomba127main]

​@CannibalisticFran man, I hated that time [REDACTED] showed up to my house, he's terrifying

[@cammies7365]

You don’t have to relate to music to enjoy it. It’s like if someone said, “I really like Olivia Rodrigo’s music, but I’m in a happy healthy relationship, so I’m going to rewrite ‘good 4 u’ so I can sing it.” I think that adds to the cringe, just how pointless it is??

[@auliamate]

The idea of rewriting a song about unhealthy relationships is so weird because, we have songs about healthy relationships. That’s approximately 50% of the love/relationship song category

[@borahaeist3215]

but we can't enjoy most secular music. that's why people rewrite it.

[@jeicattiling1457]

@@borahaeist3215 most secular music? Like what-? I get that you can't listen to rappers or many pop girls... But ya'll still have A LOT MORE. Like don't simmer people like Doja Cat to that Paint the Town Red song or Don't generalize SZA to Kill Bill. They have plenty more songs that don't mention anything religious, but yes many of the songs may involve "sinful acts" but just like what gabi says, skip it. If you want mainstream and popular artists, maybe listen to people like Taylor Swift, Melanie Martinez, Olivia Rodrigo, The Weeknd, plenty of their music can maybe fit into what you like. OR MAYBE LISTEN TO COUNTRY, SOUL, AND JAZZ MUSIC-

[@interrobangings]

GOOD FOR YOU I'M GLAD YOU'RE HAPPY AND HEALTHY LIKE ME GOSH I'M SO GLAD I CAN DO THAT 😊

[@Piiiiiiiiit]

Dude I listen to Joji all the fucking time, (hell I’m going to his concert next week) never once have I been in a relationship, much less had a bad breakup, and let’s be fr now that’s the subject matter for like 80% of his music. That doesn’t mean I can’t still get so much enjoyment out of it! I can appreciate the quality of the lyrics, vocals, production, and instrumentation that come together to convey a feeling, even if I personally haven’t felt it before. Not everything needs to be catered to YOUR specific life experience for you to find value in it, in fact, I think it’s important to consume art that conveys all sorts of experiences separate from your own. That’s part of how we create understanding between one another as people, by finding ways to see the world from different perspectives we didn’t consider before.

[@Kadev011]

The thing about "Unholy" is that they're LITERALLY calling the scenario unholy. They're not like, saying it's good. Like 'duh, it's bad, the devil's work, let's move on'

[@reaganharder1480]

I mean, an argument could be made that Unholy is normalizing that behavior, which isn't exactly great, but you're not wrong that the song doesn't frame it as a good thing.

[@einchaotenwuschel]

@@reaganharder1480but just as with poems and books, people need to overthink the content they're consuming.

[@CreativelyUninspired596]

@@reaganharder1480 I love how you managed to contradict yourself in one sentence

[@W-I463]

@@CreativelyUninspired596 they are not contradicting themself? a song's intention and the actual impact don't have to align.

[@zakdickerson4185]

The music video ends with him laying unconscious on a car written with liar and cheat written on it. The song recognizes that these things are out there and doesn’t comment on the morality of it. Instead it’s commenting on the kind of people who claim to be good holy upstanding fathers and husband that secretly have affairs and secret lovers. They act like they are better than other people but when no one is looking they do the exact same thing.

[@Nitrox-.]

The cringe part is that they shamelessly embrace their censorship. Mutilating someones art and then acting like everyone should thank you for it is some disgusting sense of entitlement.

[@huehuehue1155]

THIS!!!!! 😭

[@commentsnowman]

I mean not many people act like they should thank them. If they did that would be horrible but most people are just singing it another way and just making a parody like others have done.

[@Nitrox-.]

@@commentsnowman Well, not literally like everyone should thank them but they pose as if it was common sense to make these "corrections" and the lyrics of these songs were objectively wrong before and now they made it better. They give off an extremely condescending vibe and try to pass it off as normal behaviour. They're not making a parody, they're trying to censor - there is no comic effect involved.

[@spawnofthedead4556]

It is not entitlement to take something you find horrible and making it better for millions of other people who share your opinion. You are only mad because of your bias against christians but I bet you cheer on when it is the other side who does it.

[@Nitrox-.]

​@@spawnofthedead4556 That is exactly what entitlement is in this case. This is not about some piece of technology where you can objectively improve the design in the engineering sense. This is art. Reinterpreting the whole piece in a christian way would be different (still cringe though). But "correcting" art to "make it better" has some seriously fascist vibes. If you find it so horrible, why don't you leave it as is and let it go? Maybe the artist just didn't intend this song to be for you. In this age of streaming, nobody forces you to listen to this music. This sentiment that you have a right that any piece of popular art should please you and for that reason should align with your ideology is extremely arrogant. In many ways the purpose of art is to challenge peoples views. The fact that there are a couple of others among a few billion that share questionable views doesn't make them acceptable. No, I would not cheer on someone unchristianing a christian song - that would be fucked up. I listen to Skillet every once in a while. I like the sound, I might not necessarily agree with all of their lyrics but I'm able to let it go. I think, you might just share that same sense of entitlement and are mad that I call you out.

[@brynner_boutique]

As a Christian when I don’t like a song I DONT LISTEN TO IT If I wanted worship music, I’d listen to it Not change a song 😭🙏

[@st4rri_ari]

ILY.

[@yourgrandma4012]

Fr imagine if I as a jewish girl would start crying and throwing up when ever a Christmas song came up cuz I don't celebrate it😭

[@DisgruntledPlatypus]

This is the best example I’ve seen

[@thewonderlander1372]

Fun fact: A lot of modern Christmas songs were written by Jewish people lol

[@augustuslunasol10thapostle]

@@thewonderlander1372 irony strikes hardest when the punchline is the funniest

[@OGimouse1]

You should remix them to make them Jewish 😮

[@BeanArmyLeader]

@@thewonderlander1372 lol

[@cidevant002]

There's something to be said about how songs like Call me by your name were created out of a genuine religious based trauma response. "You say I will go to hell because of being who I am, because of something I can't control, so I just did what you told me to, why are you upset??"He is literally responding to the hate he was taught he deserved from the church, it's not just "he he he, ha ha, lapdancing the devil funny"

[@elize2952]

I wish I could retweet this comment or post it somewhere for more people to see

[@Newton-Reuther]

Agreed. There's also something to be said about creativity and being open-minded (i.e. not hating lgbt people).

[@view-camera-queen]

Totally! If they did what Gabbie is suggesting and respected the source material to actually critical think on the message they could learn how negative the erasure of the original meaning in these works are.

[@CiCodiCadno]

It's because they literally don't see the message of "I have been harmed by what Christians said". Because these types of Christians don't think they can do anything wrong. "We can't traumatise a young gay black man, because trauma is an act of harm, and why, we were only spreading the word of Jesus! Lil Nas is a sinner, not really a human with a rich inner existence. You're an NPC. I can't harm you, because you're just a walking talking manifestation of sin for me to monologue at to feel better about myself!" It's very much the Victim/Attacker mentality. People often think of themselves as one or the other: the Victim, or the Assailant. Christians like this are obsessed with being persecuted. They cannot cause harm. They can only BE harmed. They are BLIND to the message Lil Nas was saying, because that would destroy their entire moral foundation of the self.

[@PeterGriffin11]

@@CiCodiCadno I'm a gay black male myself and I personally don't mind christain covers. In my opinion unless their inciting violence in their covers they don't bother me. I do agree with some of your points though.

[@carlostorres1171]

So often Christian art is so concerned with being Christian it forgets to be art.

[@djoctobeat5204]

SOMEONE SAID IT! As a Christian artist I am often so bored with contemporary Christian music/art. Because it’s so overly focused on pushing the gospel (which isnt a bad thing) that it completely forgets to have any artistic merit (which IS a bad thing!!)

[@revolrtol]

This is so true! Reminds me of an ex friend of mine who at one point seriously considered stop listening to any music that doesn’t praise god like why are you so boring??? Why everything you do has to center Jesus

[@midnightrumi]

👏👏👏 yesssss. slapping a "jesus sticker" on it.... just doesn't cut it. I know they mean wel but like...... we can do better.

[@cbplayz2374]

@@djoctobeat5204 Oh how the mighty have fallen. Religion for most of human history was the most prevalent source of creativity and art across the world. Now an exceptionally vocal minority of Christians don't understand metaphors or subtlety.

[@a_lost_soul_forever]

Yes, it's sad that those Christians just completely "ruin" the comuinity, they put us under a bad light for other religions

[@J.U.L.E.S.12]

My mom is literally like, a God-loving Christian, and she absolutely loves the song paint the town red 😭

[@applebush6119]

and?

[@bella-u1u4h]

@@applebush6119☠️

[@Schmackofatzig]

It is not good to vibe to such a song which has a brutal/satanic message.

[@bella-u1u4h]

@@Schmackofatzig LMAOOO AINT NO WAY 😭😭😭

[@Cal-fb7we]

them losing their minds when the song says “devil” Also each of their covers saying “devil” at least three times:

[@sixty._7921]

It's in a different context tho

[@Cal-fb7we]

@sixty._7921 true I just thought it was a bit ironic because in most cases that was the word that pushed them to make the songs

[@madix3333]

​@@Cal-fb7weIt's not Satan's name or hell that is the problem in the situation. It's the lyrics, the meaning behind it, and the intentions behind it.

[@mrs.samuel.L.jackson]

​@@madix3333dude its a joke.

[@Beatleslover3]

LMFAO it’s context

[@LilithstJayne]

If your faith can be so easily dismantled by a song, Your faith is very fragile.

[@L0cal_Librarian]

Well then leave songs as they are and we wouldn't have a problem

[@Chillipowww]

⁠@@L0cal_Librarianpretty sure they’re on Gabi’s side

[@NT-gi7lb]

​@@L0cal_Librarianits called a "cover" for a reason people do covers and change the lyrcis everytime but when Christians wanna do their on little cover with their own things its a problem even though everyone is doing it. If you dont like the cover i dont get why its so hard not to listen to it like trust me you can find original songs easier then covers and such like just listen to the original dont listen to something you know your gonna get triggered by.

[@L0cal_Librarian]

Why not ?@@Chillipowww

[@L0cal_Librarian]

But when people do covers they don't change the lyrics do they ? I don't like listening to christian covers anyways but my fyp brings it up. @@NT-gi7lb

[@xam_vhu]

it's hilarious they don't say "devil" in the normal songs but have no problem saying "devil" in the Christian remix

[@Emihasdreamstoo]

I guess it’s only a problem when you address religious trauma or use the devil as a metaphor-

[@thedelululuni]

Actually, it's more of not using the word 'devil' in a certain context like "she a devil" or "i'm making deals with the devil", because believe it or not, words are actually very powerful so saying those kind of things even unironically may affect your mindset, hence the remixes. But they're just...cringe. They should just make a normal Christian pop song that people would love, instead of these...atrocities.

[@Vanillafox2]

Ah yes, overused, now people gonna start saying that

[@RedKnight26]

​@@thedelululuni yes exactly!

[@Lennyxx]

@@thedelululuni saying those things won't affect your mindset lmao

[@Sapphire._.dragon22]

"Like Katniss: Catching Fire" is WILD 💀 Especially since shes a burn survivor 😭🙏

[@Potterhead1111]

She is? I didn’t know!

[@SydneyStewart-d3f]

She literally got skin grafts at the end of the last book because she got blown up lmfao

[@snailwithatophat]

gabi talking about this is fixing my religious trauma like spackle fixing holes in the wall

[@its.annmaria]

i love ur username lol

[@MarshMelo12]

​@@its.annmariaI just realized the name and...same

[@drouseyman]

so real tbh

[@MimicksRiot]

I'm so sorry for your religious trauma, its so sad that it happens so often now a days as people push things onto other people.

[@randomnetfiend]

YESSSSS!! @@its.annmaria

[@clonemyster3093]

As an Irish person, the Take Me To Church cover really frustrated me. The immense pain and abuse Irish people suffered at the hands of the Catholic Church cannot be understated and its effects are still very much felt today. An ugly scar runs through my country which Hozier shone a light on, only to be “cleansed” but these ignorant assholes

[@rerorero6493]

I tried searching up the relationship between the Catholic Church and Irish people that you mentioned, but I'm unable to find anything concrete. Can you educate me on this matter?

[@randomnetfiend]

I understand totally, thank you for your worthy comment friend. God is great, religiosity is shite!

[@rachelk4805]

​@@rerorero6493Aside from the fact that the partition of Northern Ireland and Ireland is related to animosity between Catholics and Protestants (and has a lot to do with the willingness to accept being part of Great Britain), there is also, as an example, the issues of unwed mothers and their infants being abused, on a large scale. There are other issues too, like rape, sexual assault, and children buried in mass graves, but it doesn't take much digging to find this information. It's very surface.

[@rerorero6493]

@@rachelk4805 Oh wow, thankyou for your response. I'm going to try and search more about this topic, I just gave a quick 5 minute glance on Google the first time so, gonna try harder now lol. Thanks again!

[@peachy_lili]

That's because evangelicals are just ignorant reactionaries; they never knew about any of the meaning of the original song, nor would they ever care. It's just about them feeling slighted and wanting to "fix" the "obscene" song that "dares to reference Church". they're stupid and freak out at the slightest offense, is what I'm saying.

[@Ford_focus2004]

Finally, a Raid ad by Gabi. You're officially a KZbinr now, we're all proud of you

[@teddykaz47]

not an official commentary channel until the ad reads all sound the same

[@linklink3069]

I audibly groaned at that part ☺

[@greenhowie]

Covering "Plastic Love" was just a stepping stone to greatness

[@goldensloth7]

KUDOS GABIIII

[@andrea2kx]

It's all downhill from here.

[@carlaisabellaarvizupalma1407]

I just realized why I think the lady was fine with the line “I just killed my ex” since according to a previous catholic school I went to, God forgives every sin,even murder, as long as you confess in the church. The only sin that God can’t forgive is not believing in God. Tho by that logic,I don’t understand why she would get mad at the hell part since they also told me that hell is only temporary as long as you make up for your sins and realize you had sinned. Tho if any Catholics who know more about Christianity or Catholicism please explain in the replies.

[@Raine_without_the_v]

Ig 6/8 of the world is going to hell

[@honeybun6677]

I was definitely told the opposite, hell ain’t temporary, you fucked up FOR ETERNITY

[@fieldsofdell]

Catholic here. I would not agree that the line “I just killed my ex” is fine just because murder is a "forgivable" sin. Just because a sin is forgivable it does not mean that it is fine to include it in a Christian song (in an unrepentant way). The unforgivable sin you are talking about is in the Bible described as "blaspheming against the Holy Spirit". We Catholics believe that this is the sin of persistent rejection of God's grace. So if you reject God, He is not going to make you go to Heaven. In essence, Hell is a choice. It is eternal separation from God. But there is also a purgatory. Since nothing unclean can enter Heaven, souls get purged from their attachment to sin in purgatory before entering Heaven. Hope this helps!

[@LlywellynOBrien]

​@@fieldsofdella fellow Catholic confirming this is a good summary of how we'd approach all this.

[@FloatyyBrain]

The Take Me to Church cover really irked me. I always interpreted as a song about religious trauma and it holds meaning for communities harmed by the church, it just feels so disrespectful and ignorant to make a cover like that. I personally also hold it very highly as someone with religious trauma and who is constantly around people who fully believe I deserve to burn for being queer. It’s very frustrating.

[@izzoakana709]

I was thinking the same thing. Taking a song that's about a dude getting killed for being gay by a bunch of christians and turning it into some worship bullshit is another level of ignorance

[@Howaboutyes11]

Ok-

[@Thehouseoffail]

Hozier, who wrote that song, highlights the harm done in the name of religion, because the Catholic Church did irreparable harm to his country.

[@FloatyyBrain]

@@Thehouseoffail That’s exactly what I’m talking about, it’s harmed that community in specific and other communities also harmed by the church also are able to relate to it in a place of pain.

[@Dioxazine_Stars]

Yeah that one pisses me off.

[@AnnaRenee]

We sang a Christian version of All Star every week at church and then I thought shrek stole it

[@ThatChildUnderYourBasment]

💀

[@ekboobooboobie]

How did the lyrics goooo? I gotta know

[@AnnaRenee]

@@ekboobooboobie it was like “hey now you’re an all star, get your game on, get saved” And “the years start comin and they don’t stop comin, so trust in the lord and hell keep your ball rolling” It was so fun not gonna lie

[@rachelk4805]

Lmfao

[@liam_iam]

@@AnnaRenee this is a story so innocent and wholesome that it transcends cringe, i love it

[@ew_68]

I specifically hate when they “remix” songs that are criticisms of the clear harm Christianity has had on people. Like you can’t say gay people are wrong for feeling rejected/demonized by the church when that’s what the religion (generally speaking) calls for. It’s a total bastardization of the artist and the art to look at songs like montero and take me to church & go “but it’s not praising Jesus therefore I can’t relate !! 😢” that’s the WHOLE POINT

[@ew_68]

Also they’re not even straight up saying “fuck god, fuck Jesus, etc.” (Which they totally could!) They’re criticizing the actions of people and institutions. I’m sure there are lots of Christian’s who can relate to the criticisms of the church they’re singing about (I was one of them when I was a Christian) and claiming that you can’t listen to a song that criticizes a religious institution that you’re related to - even vaguely - is, I don’t know, NOT good

[@galarianromi]

YES SPEAK YOUR TRUTH like montero is a criticism on Christianity's belief on LGBTQ+ people, and I dont actually know what take me to church is about. and the fact that there are christian covers being made only strengthens the points of the songs

[@auliamate]

It’s so weird too because there’s been talking in the Catholic Church (like I’m talking headquarters, in the Vatican) about allowing priests to preside over same sex marriages. Like there’s a chance that demonising and rejecting and discriminating against LGBTQ+ people will actually no longer be part of the religion, but I doubt that’ll stop these people from continuing to be bigots

[@chart6454]

Meh

[@galaxyskeleton]

THIS! I'm so tired of Christians playing the victim!

[@suriru]

0:12 this cover was actually so annoying 😭😭 JUSTICE FOR DOJA

[@Jazzy-l2x]

I'm glad that she realized that Doja is worshiping the devil but she didn't need to cover it's honestly cringe😭😭😭

[@suriru]

@@Jazzy-l2x seriously bro. LIKE, STOP RUINING THE PERFECT SONG 😡😡

[@chloebonser5931]

It’s a good song and she ruined it but Liv is good at singing no hate to her

[@suriru]

@@chloebonser5931 I agree she has a good voice but something about it makes me internally cringe. Maybe it's the singing in cursive that gives me that vibe.

[@chloebonser5931]

@@suriru EXACTLY IT HAPPENS TO ME TOO

[@VictorianVamp.]

As a christian, I can, with my full chest, say these covers make me cringe too. The amount of ignorance some have is astounding as well.

[@VictorianVamp.]

@@BlackLivesMatter1414 the same way whatever makes you cringe, cringe.

[@aadoyt]

Is praying also cringe?

[@urmomeatmysoap3843]

commenting here just incase a fight broke out

[@WinniePooh33]

​@@urmomeatmysoap3843Love to the Christian fight too💀

[@urmomeatmysoap3843]

@@WinniePooh33 lmao nice

[@annadau8612]

What bothers me as a Christian woman with a vast majority of Christian books and movies is how we write atheist and other religions in our media. We typically write them as hateful, angry, depressed people with no chance to redeem themselves.

[@Kingofthenet2]

I agree

[@antondresucks]

That is, after all, what the Bible says non-believers are like

[@chloe5707]

Lol as a believer I'm still depressed as the day is long 😅 I hate how stigmatized being depressed is in most religions

[@gayternatee]

as an atheist, thats why i hate christian books and movies

[@fosminclorin]

I can't understand how people can see any of the mainstream religions as "religions of love" when they're nothing more than cults hating on outsiders, there's no logic on what's actually good and bad

[@Audreyschampegneproblems]

In my opinion, the covers can actually cause harm. I think the title was “God Must Hate Me,” but there was a song where the singer talked about her insecurities and religious trauma, and Christians got mad over it and made covers. They completely ignored the religious trauma, and instead focused on the title

[@HungryWarden]

Yeah. They’re supposed to love everyone, right? Or something like that I don’t know. So why are they dismissing trauma? Trauma that real people have to endure, not your God that can’t even be proven real. Besides he’s already perfect according to most Christians, so he’s not going to get his feelings hurt over a few non-believers.

[@PrentedImNotHere]

That’s such a good song tho. I’m still Christian, I believe in God, I don’t go to church currently and am still dealing with the role religion plays in my life. The song resonates with me, I think it’s so insensitive for people to just dismiss it when it has so much meaning

[@itsandy5660]

I LOVE THIS SONG BUT MY MOM (who is christian) WOULD GET SO MAD WHEN I WOULD TURN IT ON

[@LuckythecatZ-]

Or another song would be, take me to church, which a lot of Christians thought to be a Christian song as it had the words amen and church in it. After then finding out it's about religious trauma and homophobia from the church immediately turning around and saying it's "blasphemy" despite the fact it's a song about religious trauma and then making covers of it, completely eradicating the purpose of the song

[@NoMementoMori]

@@LuckythecatZ- Or Genesis - Jesus He Knows Me which is about Televangelists Greed yet somehow Christians believe its a song about Affirming Jesus lol They really just interpret art on a very superficial level.

[@Art3mis28]

They get mad about the word “devil” but then turn around and go “Since I’M a christian I can say the word Devil, but you can’t! Hah!”

[@LlywellynOBrien]

Lol apparently it is like our N-word.

[@Mintysaur]

If only they gave the same energy of never saying Devil to actual slurs😔

[@weird_art_kid]

Ikr 😔

[@FryedFairy]

Fr 😔

[@Jane-oz7pp]

I love when they get personally offended at me for "taking the lords name in vain". Like, homie, it's my eternal soul, if I'm cool with risking True Death, then that's my deal. Irrelevant to you. Also then they call me slurs and get surprised when it annoys me lol

[@adorbxcloud3984]

but some christians don't use slurs? its all down to a person individually lets stop restricting the label of a christian now

[@adorbxcloud3984]

@@Jane-oz7pp um now imagine you were using the god of islams name? use it if its not such a big deal to you using the name of a god you dont even serve use the buddhists, hindus,seekists why only christians?

[@user-pt2mx1ch9f]

it’s giving adult kidz bop 😩

[@realdiscord]

omg this is the best comment like why is it so true tho 🤣

[@greeniscoollol]

🤪🤪🤪

[@The_Lulu.Delulu]

TRUE

[@pumpkinthedino]

Adultz bop

[@ThePotatoThing]

Fr

[@BluAru]

A VERY popular christian song is Soldier, Poet, King by the Oh Hellos. It's not obvious outwardly, but when you think about it, yeah, it is pretty clear what it means. It's a very well loved song that's wriggled its way into multiple trends and fandoms, and I think it's a really nice example of stuff like this done well.

[@TakiariDragon]

YEEEEES THATS MY FAVORITE MUSIIIC

[@insertsomethingoriginal]

Wait it is, holy shit

[@thecomingofthesecondaccount]

probably one of the best christian songs i have ever heard, a bit sad that its not really known on churches though. atleast on my country

[@BailexVids]

Casually learning it’s Christian.

[@idontknowwhatimdoinghere]

Yes. I first discovered the song from the animation meme, then I learned it was about Jesus.

[@reiningsoral]

the christian remix ppl sound like this: person, looking at a painting: i hate this painting. looking at it makes me mad artist: dont look at it then person: im going to stare at it, then repaint it and angrily talk about the fact that i hate it while showing it to you aggressively

[@toe._.]

I’ve sung songs with “Hell” and “Devil” in them before, I’m a Christian. Shiver me Timbers..is Satan gonna pop out of my mirror and eat my soul? No!

[@arcaneidk]

Lmfao exactly 😂

[@toe._.]

@@arcaneidk lol 🤣

[@jade9596]

Ngl I’m scared of saying those words😭😭😭😭

[@toe._.]

@@jade9596 I don’t say them on a regular basis, and sometimes say heck instead of hell, but seriously, don’t worry about. 👐

[@Pina12209]

Secular music sweetie

[@enbyaxolotl5386]

What I despise about the take me to church cover is that take me to church is about CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS TRAUMA

[@HH-mr3iq]

“‘Take Me to Church’ is essentially about sex,” Hozier said in an interview with New York Magazine in March 2014, adding that “it’s not an attack on faith.”

[@eykyra]

​@@HH-mr3iqI do remember that, when explaining the song, he did clarify he was being critical about the church in some verses.

[@Evan-k]

@@HH-mr3iq who cares? Religion is brainrot

[@MiriamŠvecová]

DUH

[@just_v_woolf]

thats exactly what I was thinking!

[@sammythehero]

Me and my friends use to play the Christian version of Pumped Up Kicks and die laughing at "you better run, better run faster than the devil"

[@goldensloth7]

OHHHHHHHHHHH magod

[@CowMen-are-here]

“This music is satanic!” 90% of metal:

[@User5670.]

Why is that a thing 😭 that song is about a school shooting my god 💀

[@joelman1989]

This made me laugh right now 😂

[@Kingofthenet2]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@justjudy2909]

Wait till they find out about black metal

[@signofthecrimes1534]

Soldier, Poet, King is SUCH a BOP of a christian song. They dont need to do all theatrics with other existing songs that dont even worship the devil. Like be so serious.

[@Chib_Lee]

THAT'S A CHRISTIAN SONG!!! I A CHRISTIAN AND DIDN'T KNOW

[@wrightcember]

The Oh Hello’s are VERY christian, but its always shown really poetically. They even recorded a christmas carol, and while I’m very much jewish and have a dislike of Christmas, its so beautiful to listen to

[@noname420]

THATS A CHRISTIAN SONG?! DAMN I DIDNT EVEN REALIZE

[@limepoltergeist]

All of The Oh Hellos music is Christan. The siblings who write and sing the music are practising Christians (I think). Their album, Dear Wormwood, is actually about the Screwtape Letters!

[@redballoon9007]

Yeah. It got really popular because of DnD and TTRPG, but it is originally a Christian song. I’m not a Christian myself but I can still enjoy it through the lens of it being about a DnD party and their backstories.

[@PhoenixStreamsYT]

also, "The boy's a liar", That lyric is conveying a friend to say "Hey, that dude is toxic, you should leave him." the fact that someone thought it was "sin" music is funny XD

[@Lalaland666-k3x]

Yeah, these are the same people who say that divorce “ruins” a marriage😂😂

[@PhoenixStreamsYT]

@@Lalaland666-k3x bruh a divorce is the result *of* a ruined marriage, what are they talking about? 😂😂😂

[@alexpaulk2819]

My Christian mom hates these Christian versions and says that they’re sinning by stealing the artist’s original work. She hates the whole concept of never listening to non-Christian music and actually wants me to put on “my” music so she can relate to what I’m listening to. She oftentimes loves the music I listen to.

[@Undrconst]

My mom was like this with me too growing up, she didn’t know what the hell was going on but she danced 😂.

[@spawnofthedead4556]

Your mom is not a true christian but just another modern day christian who is atheist but still goes to church

[@CreativelyUninspired596]

your mom is a fucking godsend

[@crosswarrior38]

@@alexpaulk2819 W mom!!! I wish I was raised this way! (My mom and dad aren't really to blame, it was more so the church we were going to was enforcing that. I am still Christian but I did have bad church experiences I just didn't know they were bad at the time)

[@StupidIdiot02496]

W MOM

[@Ryuu_Asa]

You are so right. People literally spend time being hateful towards something/someone they don't like instead of having fun or doing things they enjoy. Why? Do they want everyone to know how much free time they have? How much they hate the fact that the word 'devil' gets pronounced? Idk.

[@LabiLabi777]

As a Christian, I have never cringed so hard in my life. They massacred Ice Spice's bars😭😭😭

[@Carnivorous-squid]

Yes, like what is this 😭😭

[@Howaboutyes11]

Lmaooo That’s Christ Spice

[@spiralcasket]

@@Howaboutyes11LMFAOOO HELPP

[@cranburrey]

We need to ban fellow Christians from covering mainstream music ASAP. 😭😭😭

[@_rat_5758]

Same

[@Dixiedingo_LBB]

This reminds me of when I went to look for snacks in my aunts cabinet and she had a bottle of witchhazel but she taped over the word witch and instead put the word "angel" and I almost lost it.

[@SofieCarmine]

Bro 💀

[@Hokie5Libra82]

That is next level.

[@doseofcyanide3014]

That's an unhealthy level of religion

[@Dixiedingo_LBB]

@doseofcyanide3014 oh yeah no. Like it is technically a disorder but it's not in the DSM5 officially I don't think. Religious OCD is when your compulsive thoughts center around themes of religion.

[@______________url]

That’s so funny actually 😭😭

[@thecowboybebop2071]

The line “Follow his word or you will be dead” kinda just sounds like when you’re a kid trying to make up a song on the spot.

[@MarxPopstar69]

Soundcloud rapper.

[@madix3333]

You won't die if you don't follow him but you will parish to hell after death. Your life is meaningless without him.

[@thiccookies]

​@madix3333 You remind me of a child trying to convince their friend that santa is real and that you won't get presents if your naughty.

[@light.plumeria]

⁠​⁠@@thiccookiesI mean.. it’s true 🤷‍♀️ I think the person writing the song is trying to get at the fact that the Bible says that without the lord and savior and God in your life, then you will never have eternal life. Madix is truthful when they say that dying is equivalent to ethereal death in hell (used figuratively in this song lyric).

[@thiccookies]

@miss.yolanda you completely missed my point lmfao Now you sound like the friend of the kid saying "well actually it's true, and Santa is real😔" I'm an atheist, this literally means nothing to me

[@TheBlaqSpiderman]

As a black Christian, we are some of the most needlessly sensitive people on Earth. Along with LITERALLY ALL OTHER RELIGIONS

[@conifer27]

Gabi just glossed over her hilarious idea of turning Christian songs into secular music. Somebody get on this asap

[@JordyShaye]

I immediately started thinking of hymns I used to sing in the LDS church hahahah

[@kylesmith5633]

The problem is christian songs mostly suck

[@themushroommanor]

Did this all the time! There's the whole "Jesus is my boyfriend" sub-genre of Christian music that's so easy to turn into regular love songs.

[@mina6mina]

@@kylesmith5633 they'd also probably find a way to turn that into how they're so "persecuted" and that it's offensive

[@kylesmith5633]

@@mina6mina when you’ve never been persecuted being made fun of feels like it. They don’t get the whole structural aspect

[@kylesmith5633]

Its crazy that these people hear “deal with the devil” and instead of “oh, thats a popular idiom to describe making a distasteful compromise in the hopes the good will outweigh the bad” they instantly think a celebrity is talking about joining the illuminati

[@AV-we6wo]

Seems like being surrounded by on-the-nose sermons and blatant propaganda their whole life made them incapable of understanding any subtlety. That would also explain why so many 'christian' movies and other media are as terrible as they are, there's just no room for complex characters or ideas.

[@glasstablegcrls]

the illuminati isn’t even a thing anymore 💀, it was actually a good secret society, unfortunately it disbanded 300 centuries ago, idk how ppl STILL believe that it’s real (at this time) when there’s no evidence. hand signs / provocative performances ≠ devil worship

[@smalliesxd]

I once wrote an essay about the problem with Christian media. It’s not just that the message is being spoon fed to the audience but also because they’re literally preaching to the choir. The only people watching Christian movies are already Christian because they always make the antagonist a “nonbeliever”, and it’s just not relatable to anyone else Edit: I do want to say I appreciate how respectful she is towards Christians in this, and how they don’t even notice because it’s the culture they grew up in. I was raised Christian so the most secular comedy I was exposed to was veggietales 🙃

[@StellaLuxNebula]

Thanks for this I know our religion is a bit pushy on the "believe in god to be saved" but we all know we gotta respect those boundries

[@spawnofthedead4556]

You sound full of yourself lmao. Have you ever stopped and considered those movies are aimed at them and are not trying to change your stance.

[@lelegus7732]

That’s why Prince of Egypt is the best Christian movie. If it was a regular Christian movie I doubt it would have portrayed the Pharaoh and his relationship with Moses with such nuance.

[@GendalRuez]

@@totallybeatable9238 It's redundant and really overplayed not giving new ideas or developing new plots. Which is not relatable at all to anyone since we are always changing as a people every day. It's very much, "I'm holier than thou art." And sadly it's been stuck like that for far to long.

[@ぼじん-o5r]

everyone preaches to their own choir. christians are the only ppl who get dragged for it

[@Tr4sh_can07]

I swear these Christian cover artists need to go check out some Ghost songs 😭 Let’s see how that’ll end. Like just imagine they hear ‘Kiss the Go-Goat’ or ‘Year Zero’ 😭

[@Envious24-7]

As a Christian, all I have to say is sorry. I swear we’re not all like this ✋😭

[@tismejaytee]

agreed

[@Nothingtoseehereanyway]

Don't worry buddy, you get a lollipop for not being a miserable human being, keep being you, even us non-believers tend to respect the christians that actually don't force everything to be religious.

[@Envious24-7]

@@Nothingtoseehereanyway awe thank you, and as a Christian, I don’t think religions should be forced upon non-believers. Because what I learned, is God gave us free will to decide whether we want to follow him or not. So thank you for understanding lol 🥰

[@jade9596]

Frr

[@a_grape_in_space1016]

You're all good! Anybody with a brain knows y'all are very far from all being like this.

[@IdentityCrisis-nc7gy]

"He's not Voldemort. You can say it." We stan Gabi in this household

[@alecmomenee-duprie2777]

As a Jewish person getting proselytized to CONSTANTLY by people and media, it’s downright frustrating to have even the things that aren’t overtly Christian be warped into more ways to make EVERYTHING about Christianity. Also it needs to be said that a lot of these songs are by queer folks, or have queer themes. That’s not a coincidence. The Take Me To Church ‘remix’ makes my blood boil. That’s so disrespectful and disgusting. The actual meaning of the song is so steeped in the deep harm from the forced conversion into Catholicism in Irish history. It also made others with religious trauma feel seen and heard. So so so ridiculously disrespectful to have done that.

[@khara4577]

ur getting hella lippy

[@Alic4444]

@@khara4577 back in the corner ike

[@comedicidiot]

Couldn't have said is better myself, bravo 👏

[@Pnmsanity]

​@@khara4577hush, they're talking about something serious and here you are, bein silly

[@ThaMxUp]

Also don't forget about the part where they have the nerve to get mad when secular media uses christian imagery in ways that are not explicitly christian.... like you can't shove your religion down everyone's throat for centuries to the point that when anyone says "god", assuming they the person they speak to subscribes to no gods. they immediately think of the christian deity, not Allah, Not Thanatos, Not Izanagi and then expect it not to influence people and how they interact with the world around them, like art.... whether they like it or not, Christianity is as much a part of pop culture as star wars at this point, because when something is everywhere that's just what happens

[@JillianCortright]

As a Christian, I agree. This stuff is so cringy, even if it’s “for good.”

[@catblue4690]

The one where they say “If SZA made a Christian song” came off as her just combining two things she liked- which is totally fine! That’s the reason it sounded good if you ask me, because there was real passion and appreciation for both.

[@Kolten-q9i]

She also sounded good and had swagger. Everybody else just forced it so much lol

[@TMNT_Luver222]

I'mma be realll honest, SZA's songs were fire as it is, they just ruined it

[@LlywellynOBrien]

The other approach that works is if it is just a joke. There are some hilarious deliberate joke versions of these that work well (just as there are funny versions of Christian songs tweaked or just performed as love songs).

[@steamedbun7194]

even IF the word “hell” was as detrimental to their faith as what they make it, the fact that they can’t remove/replace the word and have to make the entire song about their faith is so telling

[@DaniellaTousson]

21:57 "Can't you see you're not making Christianity better, you're just making Rock & Roll worst." I'm using that line. There are so many times I needed that line.

[@balaynganiyebe]

rightttt a slogan for the ages

[@CHEMICAL-t7o]

agreed

[@moonshinershonor202]

Literally my first thought. Leave rock n roll alone. Me n you are mortal but rock n roll will never di3!!!!!!!!

[@Literally1862]

The one good Christian rock band i know is Skillet, and even then they have some incredibly mediocre and bad songs (Cough Cough, The entire album of Unleashed), and i just can't with John Cooper (their frontman).

[@CHEMICAL-t7o]

bro i love skillet!!!!@@Literally1862

[@KrissyLea]

This was such a good video! As a Christian I dislike when people do this as well. So disrespectful to the original artists. If someone did that to them, they’d be in an uproar. You did such a great job with this video. It’s not rude to all Christians like a lot of content is when it comes to some Christians doing weird stuff.

[@lavenderlylin]

Oh my gosh, this reminds me of the time someone made a cover of “This is Me” from the Greatest Showman- a song about acknowledging your imperfections and loving yourself and being proud of who you are- into “this is He”, which made me cry

[@kiedisboughen5318]

Also representative of how Christianity smothers self expression, acceptance and happiness

[@emiliereal1520]

Nah nah nah- I LOVE THAT SONG BECAUSE I RELATE TO IT BUT WHAT THE HELL

[@Haze-xr9rc]

THAT'S NOT EVEN GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT

[@retr0tune80]

One commercial I hate uses this song. They took the lyrics and wrote them for a weight loss ad 😭💀

[@Haze-xr9rc]

@@retr0tune80 that is a parody of itself

[@noooooooppe]

as a christian i really liked this video. it didn’t seem overly critical, but you shared your opinions openly. i totally agree that we need more good original christian music

[@nerojohnson6115]

Agreed. I was half expecting this video to just be dogging on Christianity/ Western religion but it felt honest and respectful, separating cringy artists from the whole body of Christian people and their music

[@ghostsontrains7629]

the thing that irked me was the take me to church cover. the song about religious trauma and the hate MANY BUT NOT ALL christians mask as love (once again not saying thats you just saying this is often how christans are if you arent raised by a truely kind hearted church or dont learn kind ways) and hoizer specifically wrote the song to express how religion hurt his country

[@UsagiMay]

I believe that's mainly because for one Gabi doesn't really seem like the type of person to do that and because she said in the beginning that she grew up in a Christian and Catholic environment and plus she's also a music artist so she sees this through multiple lenses

[@Retronomicon18]

I agree, I’m a Christian and I found this video quite entertaining. There needs to be good Christian music for once and not cringey covers of pre existing non religious music.

[@noooooooppe]

@@Retronomicon18 fr

[@vichernandezii]

I worked at a church as a bassist in 2017. There was a guy there who had some rough times in life and tried to develop his rap career at the ripe age of 50 and one time during a service, he played Wet Dreamz by J Cole (original version) and decided to rap over it with Christian lyrics. I had to sit on a stage in front of 50 people and not laugh my butt off while this was happening.

[@nanathegoat5106]

You deserve to go to heaven for that.n

[@randomnetfiend]

omG, I WAS A BASSIST IN CHURCH FOR NEARLY 2O YRS!!!! Thank you for your comment! Still loving God but not most of the "christians!!!" 🙄Be well, friend ☺

[@canesugar911]

Automatic pass to heaven

[@bryson0206]

nah ahahha 😂

[@chrisz7494]

This makes me sad because it sounds like he was genuinely trying but it also sounds so cringe :(

[@greenpea37ant22]

Thank you so much for making this. As a person who is struggling with a lot of confusion about how to feel about things, it was really nice to hear that someone else shares my views about music and media. Thank you so much.

[@RileyShaw-ry7xz]

As a Catholic I really really agree with your points. Let Christian music be Christian and let other genres be what they want to be. On a side note I also hate it when artists cover a song and change up the lyrics even a little. It takes away the original meaning of the song.

[@angelalovell5669]

Check out the theme tune to Outlander. It goes on about an English nurse falling through time and getting it on with sexy Scotsmen. The original tune is the Skye Boat Song - it's about the young Prince Charles of Scotland having to be secretly transported to the Isle of Skye, then on to France, so he couldn't be MURDERED by the English crown (in order to gain control of yet another country, which they did, as I'm sure you know). So changing the lyrics to be about some English woman getting her rocks off over a disenfranchised group is... a typically American choice. My friend's great uncle wrote that song. Now middle aged white women around the world get thirsty when it plays. Fuck's sake.

[@jaxorisit1447]

agreed, though i do assume/hope you'd be okay with leaving out slurs/offensive words.

[@RileyShaw-ry7xz]

@@jaxorisit1447 Yes. If the lyrics haven’t aged well then I find it okay. And there is also always the case of an explicit and clean version for songs but they don’t always totally change the meaning

[@ic5889]

Changing the lyrics can be good sometimes. Like changing pronouns to make a love song more gay is always allowed and good 👍

[@DToTheB]

i don't know, unless they change the song to the opposite meaning of the original, i think changing the lyrics in a cover is fine, since usually its to change the meaning of the song to fit closer to what the person was going for

[@travisegger1316]

If simply hearing the word “devil” makes you terrified, you give “the devil” SO MUCH power over you. “The devil” thrives on fear, and “God” thrives on love. Being afraid of a word is literally working for the devil.

[@Ax-xo4ux]

Well said, can be said about a lot of things the church “fears” (see: hates)

[@namakkv]

THE POPE HATES HIM!!! SEE HOW THIS SIMPLE ACT TURNS YOU INTO A SAINT IN JUST 2 STEPS!!!

[@emmas3527]

On the wise words of Hermione Granger herself: “Fear of the name only increases fear of the thing itself”

[@tomashgrey2211]

Both don't exist. Relax

[@strawberry.lesecious]

@@tomashgrey2211how are u and ur family made then??????

[@abbey_s_world]

Rewriting take me to church to make it, “more Christian,” is so gross. He wrote it about the harm that the Catholic Church did to Ireland, and to minority groups there like the LGBTQ+ community.

[@roxassora2706]

Did he see the video?

[@detective2221]

The LGBT is harming people.

[@DewDrop_Doodlez]

Yikes

[@songofphoenix2288]

OH MY GOD! I need to listen to take me to church. I got the message ALL WRONG!

[@songofphoenix2288]

@@BlackLivesMatter1414 Um... mass persecution

[@shushihion1926]

2:18 MY FAVORITE PART look at how proud she is 😭

[@alexandrawoods7160]

GIRL "Christ Spice" sennnnnnttttttt me! Quality content. Thank you for your service.

[@christinewarden3450]

It’s crazy how they saw three black artist make songs, stole the art, and then started demonizing the creators, that’s British museum shit

[@ieatghosts1331]

Maybe I'm taking this too seriously but I thought about that too! I have some Christian family and its weird when people seem to only talk about black artists (ofc I know that's not entirely the case but in my experience, rap and other music by black artists seems to be hated on a little more)

[@ieatghosts1331]

Maybe I'm taking this too seriously but I thought about that too! I have some Christian family and its weird when people seem to only talk about black artists (ofc I know that's not entirely the case but in my experience, rap and other music by black artists seems to be hated on a little more)

[@christinewarden3450]

@@ieatghosts1331 it’s not taking things to serious to acknowledge racism, in fact, it’s racism to not want to acknowledge racism. I find it extremely weird that Gabby left out the massive piece of nuance in the way white people have treated people of color, especially when it comes to stealing art and demonizing it’s original creators.

[@rachelk4805]

​@@christinewarden3450Tbf, I am old enough to remember entire CDs of this kind of crap and they were changing Britney Spears and NSync. Rap is the most popular category of music right now, and some of the biggest creators are black. But if you dig around you can definitely find them changing white artist's music too.

[@KhayJayArt]

White Christians have beem doing that to Black music forever: they've declared jazz, blues and rock as satanic.

[@Phantom.Filled.Dreams]

I saw the comments on the Paint the Town Red cover, they are hilarious, "This shi go hard on mute" "And the crowd goes mild" "She cooked but no one was hungry" and finally "Hidden talent! keep it hidden"

[@emma-df3yf]

ive been a christian for a very long time, grew up in church and a christian school, etc. and never once in my life have i been this arrogant about my faith. just because we are christian doesnt mean we get the right to negatively criticize art and change it to meet our narrative! crazy concept. also acting like its just ''so much better'' than the og song is so ridiculous. because i bet you money if someone took a normal pop song and made it satanic it would have immense backlash. so how come these people get praised for it? its SUCH a double standard and i genuinely find these people so childish.

[@joshuaw8873]

One thing Christians never seem to realize is that they did this. Christianity has been such a dominant force in American culture for so long that things like hell, demons, sinning, aren't just religious artifacts. They're parts of culture that everyone is familiar with. So they get used in art even if the creator has nothing to say about religion.

[@H-llOnEarth]

I do think these remix can get a bit hurtful on very spesific songs that are about religious trauma and just erasing the criticism and expression of religion the original artist had and therefore just erasing and ignoring their pain. I do think this is just a slight possibility since songs like that don't get popular most of the time

[@rebeccafitzgerald2817]

Take me to church is about religious trauma in Ireland with the Catholic church, (more specifically being Gay in Ireland under the Catholic church, but you can listen to it without that context), and that was one of the most popular songs in 2014, or Maddie Zahm's music

[@yumyumsunkie]

This reminds me of how people say “they don’t make country like they used to” but ignore the fact that the old country music they like are anti-capitalist and pro union and other socialist ideas like not being exploited by the government and industry for profit. And at the same time they hate unions and are pro exploitation under capitalism thinking they’ll be billionaires one day. It’s really sad an upsetting to see

[@caifabe8050]

45 year old southern conservative white women obsessed with The Chicks not realizing that they're massive feminists it's like the mid-30s white dudes who clearly don't understand what Machine they were supposed to Rage Against.

[@willia_music]

The nail on the head. Just like Bo's commentary on "Stadium Country", fans of modern "Stadium Country" can be seen as shallow because they just want a good beat and catchy lyrics and honestly that's no harm no foul. It's the country fans that critique modern country as “they don’t make country like they used to” that really scare me because, is that a memory issue? They're just making up the past to fit their ideology.

[@atanvardecunambiel8917]

Toby Keith ruined the landscape of country music and his grave is now a gender-neutral public bathroom

[@The.Slytherin.Boys.Property]

“He’s not Voldemort, you can say his name!” Also me because in my dreams I’m a death eater: “VOLDEMORT, VOLDEMORT, OoOo VOLDY VOLDY VOLDEMORT!”

[@monsap79]

Snape Snape severus snape DUMBLEDORE

[@The.Slytherin.Boys.Property]

@@monsap79 Omgg yes!!!

[@missgurllalesha1972]

As a Christian myself i don't get why they're so concerned about changing these "unholy" songs and turning them into "gospel". Instead of taking your sweet time to change these words and serve us cringe why not just write your own song instead.....

[@arlynnecumberbatch1056]

you can tell they want those follower count to skyrocket... all while not making an effort on producing said project

[@Batzilla69420]

I also think some of these people are trying to make it seem like they're oppressed for being Christian 🥴

[@Azarath415]

Probably the bad type of Christians to force religion on others but I'm extremely stupid ways

[@Little_Runaway_1989]

Sameeee like, ofc not everybody has the same beliefs as us, but, like, let those ppl do what they want!

[@_mimyohan]

My biggest question is why listen to a song that will obviously have bad words/explicit content with. As a Christian myself, I reccomended either hearing clean version of songs or don't listen to songs at all with explicit content. It's completely ridiculous. For me, I listen to After Dark x Sweather Weather

[@genevieve7955]

I think another big reason why these Christian song rewrites sound so ridiculous is that, even when you change the lyrics of a song, nothing else has changed about the context of the music. Instrumentals are also hugely inspired by the lyrical content of the song, and vice versa. The genres of pop music that we hear on the radio all have histories and cultural contexts that influence how the beat will sound, what the melody will be like, etc. This is especially obvious for romantic pop and R&B: even if you make the lyrics to be less about sex and more about loving God, we're still listening to a song that was at least partially crafted to sound sexy, or even to accompany sex. Dance music is at specific BPMs at least in part because it was created to be enjoyed in a certain social environment or to evoke specific feelings and ways of movement. Simply changing the subject of the lyrics but not changing anything else about how it sounds is creating a song whose construction no longer has any bearing on the vocals and their message, and that always ends up sounding weird and cringe.

[@cecegure7684]

This!!

[@JustAJinxx]

100% you worded that so well

[@LucidLetters]

I’ve heard this described as making a ‘song zombie.’ The shell remains, but whatever made it alive has been stripped out.

[@Kingofthenet2]

Very true

[@jacobmtcastle5741]

Speaking as a Christian, a thing about modern Christians that has always annoyed me is our weird need to water down secular media and make it “Christian”. Like if you don’t like the message it’s sharing, simply don’t interact with it; no one is forcing you to listen to Doja Cat. Revamping and sterilizing existing media to make it Jesus friendly just makes you look pretentious and self-congratulating, like “Look how perfect and clever I am, turning this sinful piece of media into worship!! I’m such a good Christian!!”

[@scutterbotch]

AGREED

[@sluttymctits4496]

Thank you for this. I may not be religious (grew up Catholic/Ukrainian Orthodox but got away from that stuff), and while I know most Christians are decent people who see certain media and may say "No, I don't like that, it's not for me" before moving on with their lives, the crazy outliers make the rest look bad. It's not clever or cute to "make this un-Christian song their own," it's just cringey. I don't even care if someone takes a popular song and reinterprets it about Jesus so they can enjoy the tune with lyrics they relate to. It reminds me of what Kidz Bop does. But the smug self-satisfaction these people get when they do it and post it just creeps me out. Like you said, they really do seem to think it makes them holier-than-thou.

[@jonathanhibberd9983]

They can't abide the fact that not everything caters to them. That not everyone thinks like them. Anything existing that doesn't explicitly service them is immediately a threat.

[@yuzuru.u]

So same with this Video. Why do people care if someone makes a tiktok about something u cant relate to.

[@jonathanhibberd9983]

@@yuzuru.u It's not that we care that they make it - look at the one example where her version was clearly a labor of love for both her religious views AND the artist. That's great. The problem is what these videos say about the people making them. They make these videos out of hate. They make these videos out of a pathological need to assimilate everything. They can't stand that something exists that doesn't fit their world view, be it music, culture, or people's personal beliefs. If you're Christian, that's great. You're free to believe whatever you want, to celebrate your beliefs however you want. But leave the rest of us out of it. People are sick to death of Christians trying to force their views on everyone else, and these kinds of videos, and the motives behind them, are reflective of that attempt to force everyone into being like them.

[@totallynotajayde]

As a Christan, I don't understand why people keep trying to make remixes. If you don't want to listen to music that talks about the devil or hell in a praising way or as a metaphor, don't listen to that music???? People aren't begging to change songs for Jesus, we already have our songs.

[@CursedWithAGift]

The Kill Bill one really hits the nail in the head because of the way they’re perfectly okay with the murder part, because they _know_ it’s not actually something that the singer did and is just an expression of anger and frustration (even though jealousy is already kind of sinful in itself), but as soon as the word “hell” is mentioned apparently that’s not the case anymore? It’s no longer a metaphor and everything is taken literally???

[@Laurasophiesmith]

They act like the devil will come and rip of their cross necklace lol

[@T.S_130]

@@Laurasophiesmith he actually could... AND GIRL WE HAVE THE SAME PROFILE!!!!! 😭

[@CreativelyUninspired596]

@@T.S_130 SAME PFP LMAO

[@T.S_130]

@@CreativelyUninspired596 YEAH😭

[@emmaspeck230]

@@T.S_130what do you mean he actually could??

[@curlykeys8261]

As a Christian I COMPLETELY agree with you. It’s honestly embarrassing the way these people paint Christians to be across social media like??? No wonder everybody thinks we’re mad. There are so many more beneficial and helpful ways to be spending your time than writing corny cover songs 😭

[@thomaskole9881]

Funny, I must've skipped that part of the Bible where Christ said unto his followers to make TikTok covers of pop songs🤔 But srsly you're right, if you want to be a good Christian, do as Jesus actually did and taught; loving your neighbours and trying to do right by those around you. Coming from an agnostic raised by a reverend✌️

[@halcyon.x]

Fr, just make your own songs instead of ruining other people’s music; kids bop does the songs better justice

[@asskayzac]

i get that there’s nice christians out there but it’s sooo rare on tiktok and i’ve had a lot of awful experiences as a buddhist. a bunch of christians literally told me to go hell because i don’t believe in jesus another bunch i saw went under a science phenomenon video and claimed it was jesus behind it and science is fake another bunch also went under this LGBT couple video and started cussing and commenting literal death threats to the couples because they’re unholy and going against god. but i’ve checked the couple’s profile and they’re literally atheists 😭 like miss gurl they don’t even believe in god 💀💀💀 worst part is the whole comment section agrees with these toxic christians… like regardless of ur religion can we stop hating other people who has done no harm to us? i’m pretty sure all gods regardless of the religion wants us to treat each other with love and respect

[@detective2221]

@@thomaskole9881 Why do you caer?

[@mleszzor6866]

As an opposer of Christianity, as an organisation (I do NOT oppose Christians). I know what my Christian friends are like, there's a word for it, it's lovely. The Christian principles are great, but there exist some, well, let's say, rather crazy Christians who make Christians as a whole look bad, which makes people think the principles of Christianity are bad as well (due to their lack of critical thinking and just labelling all of it bad because of a couple of experiences related to Christians or Christianity). I wouldn't say that these songs are cringe, like this KZbinr is saying, they are doing what they seem to enjoy, nothing wrong with that. Cheers! Good luck on your way to Theosis!

[@sqwurrx]

As a christian, these types of people literally gets on my nerves. Like no karen, a song saying devil when its not even about the devil is not gonna make them hide under your bed at night

[@maz5288]

@@sqwurrx LMAAOO are they gonna tickle your toes ? ? 😣😣 o-oh nnnoooo this can ‘ t bbbeee ! ( i ‘ m a Christian as well don ‘ t come at me 😞🙏🏻 this is maaajooorrrr joke . )

[@trojan-rat_scurries-away]

as the devil, i prefer to believe i dont hang out under the beds of minors.

[@Avianeyes]

oh shit bro, you just said the D word, check under your bed

[@wetlamontowl]

you ate oml

[@Anti_TOXICFurry]

There gonna ticci my Tobys 🥰​@@maz5288

[@aserodriguez1425]

😂😂😂 "greasy Gabby jumpscare" hahaha this woman is hilarious!!!! Awesome I literally watched my first Gabby vid yesterday and subbed right away because i loved how quirky and funny she was while delivering awesome, informative, real, and factual content and now this is my second Gabby vid and I'm so glad I subbed. Awesome. Hilarious. Pure gold

[@yourdad7739]

they act like the music is gonna indoctrinate them like how weak is your faith that you’re troubled by lyrics from a song😭

[@NeverTired.]

120th like

[@madix3333]

I understand what you mean but think about this... If people constantly drink, curse, overeat, and harass around you as a child won't you do it to? It starts at home.

[@madix3333]

Be weary of what you let into your thoughts. As a saved Christian, I am weary of what I let my eyes see, my ears hear, and my mind to think or recite.

[@mr.sandman7587]

yeah it's kinda crazy how people act as if this is enough to waver faith. imo it says a lot about believers that they want the environment to shift around their beliefs instead of actually holding their beliefs steadfast in their hearts. see this sort of shit in Islamic media too and it's so annoying to see. pearl clutching over a motif of an eye as if the sun will rise from the west tomorrow.

[@JesusisliterallyHim]

No real Christian is listening to this is like oh no my faith 😢. If you actually go through the comments you just see people saying these people aren’t hiding who they worship/look up to 🤷‍♀️

[@joelman1989]

I absolutely love how you said there’s more to Christianity than the anime battle between the God and the devil. Seriously couldn’t have said it better.

[@JayColor]

Love the points you're making in this video. I'm a Christian who generally hates popular Christian media, and I agree with you saying that lots of it is propaganda and not art. So much of christianity in the west has become an echo chamber of bigotry, where everyone has a persecution complex. Sharing the word isn't relational anymore, the way it's modeled by Christ who spent time with people different from his core group of believers. For the modern church, sharing the gospel is a method of gate keeping.

[@vxbiii]

Obeying God is bigotry? crazy.

[@loudpengu8991]

@@vxbiiiwillfully ignorant

[@themediocrefrog8032]

@@vxbiiiyou’re the type of person they’re talking about

[@g01dgam3r4]

The points you and gabi are making are exactly why im not Christian any more they are always saying that if i dont change my ways and be a bigot like most of them it just makes me mad

[@bryangaleas4464]

No, but some forms of bigotry have been hijacked Christian themes and inflitrated Christianity

[@neverhowever3231]

i feel like i can sense a little bit of drew gooden influence in your style & i really like it!! bingeing all your videos rn & having an amazing time💚

[@thalloutboy]

Speaking as metalhead, I definitely agree that most representations of the devil in music are not meant to be taken literally. Some bands use demonic imagery for no other reason than for shock value. Slayer, for instance, has a lot of over the top lyrics about Satanism, hell, and the devil, yet the guy singing those lyrics (Tom Araya) is actually Christian. They pretty much only wrote that stuff to take advantage of the Satanic panic of the 80’s and try to elevate their status. Most of the actual “Satanic” metal I’ve come across could more accurately be described as “anti-theistic.” Think Deicide; their music always came across to me more as anti-God than pro-Satan. Some also use Satan for metaphorical reasons, such as Behemoth (their 2014 album “The Satanist” is probably the best example I can think of for using Satanism as a metaphor). The reason Satan comes up in art and music is, for the most part, because he is a stand in for a lot of powerful themes and messaging. Metal happens to turn to this imagery much more often than other genres because it makes sense with the general vibe that metal has, and with the stories metal musicians prefer to tell with their music. Metal is also very popular among people recovering from and deconstructing negative religious experiences after leaving the faith (i.e. apostates), which explains some of it as well.

[@CampingforCool41]

Not even satanists actually believe Satan exists. He’s just a metaphor.

[@cicadeus7741]

Literally Satanism uses Satan as a metaphor for antiestablishment themes of the religion. I used to be laveyan Satanist and yeah, there's no talk of Lucifer. It's all about independent morality, regardless of any post-life consequences

[@ghost8214]

yes. thank u for this! also love behemoth and thank u for understanding what these artists r trying to articulate

[@haveyouheardtherumor]

FUCKING THANK YOU THIS IS WHAT I THINKING

[@Feverm00n]

Not only that, but there are a bunch of Christian metal/metal adjacent bands that exist peacefully in the community just fine without freaking out about their contemporaries’ lyrics and stuff.

[@kittyqueentengu5327]

it’s so dumb to call pop songs satanic when the words satan, devil and hell are almost always used to mean bad things. like they agree that the devil is bad

[@madix3333]

Pop isn't satanic, it's the intentions behind the creators music and in their lyrics that is demonic and sinful.

[@takemyhand1988]

​@@madix3333you're pretty much saying the same thing as the orginal post

[@madix3333]

@@takemyhand1988 okay.

[@Evan-k]

​@@madix3333lol ok crazy

[@madix3333]

@@Evan-k very mature. God loves you.

[@ultimainium_]

I’m not religious. I just haven’t had good experiences from church. I’ve also listen to a lot of Owl City growing up and he’s still one of my top listened artists. There are some more religious Owl City songs, but i don’t mind them. They’re bops and I can still enjoy that. Hearing the word “God” isn’t a trigger word to suddenly become christian. Awesome video, Gabi!

[@rooftop.dreams8606]

Absolutely love Owl City and the few Christian songs I’ve heard from him we’re actually really good. But finding out him and a few other artists/bands that I grew up listening to were Christian was surprising!

[@waewae]

i love Owl City as well!!

[@mint_marigold1229]

Owl City is incredible

[@elisabetheastwood5163]

Love seeing Adam get the recognition he deserves. As a Christian, his religious based songs are a lot more meaningful to me, but I'm biased. The thing I most appreciate about what Adam is doing isn't the fact that he's writing songs about what I believe in. It's because he's writing songs about what he believes in. He's honest about his feelings towards God. There are a lot of Christian artists that I don't like, because their songs don't come across as genuine. I think that's the main issue with these covers: they're not heartfelt. They're not coming from a place of honesty. In a similar vein, there's an artist that I really like who is very open about his religious trauma and how that's affected his life. He is very anti-Christian, and not afraid to speak out against it. I don't agree with him, but I respect him immensely for being honest and vulnerable in his songs. Artists shouldn't be afraid to share personal aspects of their lives in their music, and religion is a really big part of a lot of people's lives, for good or bad reasons.

[@paintthecosmos840]

I grew up in an agnostic household and I'm an atheist, and I love Owl City too! I even went to a concert on the Coco Moon tour recently :)

[@Doodebug-315]

14:30 I heard a quote similar to that which I really like. “Art is meant to comfort the disturbed and disturb the comforted” and I find that really cool

[@Drewski217]

One thing I've also noticed is that a LOT of these covers are primarily of songs made by LGBTQ and/or minority people. It's never secular music made by white or straight people but these ones are labeled 'unholy' or 'evil' in a way that definitely feels coded.

[@peytonmcvey2289]

Yes I had the exact same thought.

[@suzanneclark7706]

Yea, find it kinda funny there’s none of these for Poor Man’s Poison

[@justanonbinarynerd-ne9tt]

@@suzanneclark7706 Like,ya'll. If you REALLY want to ruin a song do Hell's Comin' With Me (and this one is totally off topic) Take Me to Church. THEY'RE RIGHT THERE.

[@Aura_Lucario]

​@@justanonbinarynerd-ne9ttSome Christian's literally think that Take Me To Church is ALREADY a positively Christian song. These people have NO lyrical literacy. 😭

[@jeanne4400]

Really??

[@alyssarae1788]

I can tell you why Christians do this. I was a devout mormon for over a decade. Our society is tailored to Christians. Things are inherently good and favor them. Yet we’re also told that we’re an oppressed group because ppl don’t believe what we believe. So when you enter a world built for you, trained with a victim complex, it’s going to be really hard to cope when there are things in the world that is NOT for you. That’s why they make these songs. They need to feel like the world is theirs again, whether they consciously realize it or not.

[@czeianamiguel5543]

tf😭💀

[@itachiuchiwa6875]

Islam does it worse

[@gidlehearts]

The problem is they often target lgbtq people like hozier and lil nas x , who talk about their experiences

[@CheeseThePurpleDragon]

ouugh poor fellers

[@bumblebee3488]

Is this satire or genuine 😭

[@CheeseThePurpleDragon]

@@bumblebee3488 wait is it satire I’m stupid

[@arlynnecumberbatch1056]

ppl thought the hozier one is good because mentions of god and church even though they dodged the sound waves of him actually talking about how the irish suffered from evangelists

[@Archiver_Studio]

@@CheeseThePurpleDragon I'm gonna say it is both true and not, considering they'll go after any song known in the category of 'Unholy'

[@TheUnkindledTarnished]

9:03 that one hurt bro

[@Monasaurus_Rex]

Doja had previously been harassed and accused of selling her soul after showing up to the met in Doja’s Inferno outfit, which was a play on Dante’s Inferno. (Which btw is a WORK OF FICTION.) She was also bashed after getting monster tattoos claiming they were demons, even though they were from a REALLY old book of monsters, which was a work of art. In retaliation, Doja leaned into the devil worshiper idea and used her song and music video to troll those people. Most embarrassing bit is that NONE of them realize she’s being a troll and started freaking out abt it

[@madix3333]

You can't be warm. It's either cold or hot.(take that as you want.)

[@takemyhand1988]

​@@madix3333are you stupid? You've never heard someone say they are warm. You've never experienced that feeling where you're not hot not cold?

[@HungryWarden]

@@madix3333I’m warm rn.

[@Starry-ph6yx]

i think they were talking abt her performnaces and the outfits lol

[@ahseymania]

@@madix3333 my hands are as cold as ice but my tummy and legs are melting please send help

[@BrookeAndCoStudios]

When I was a Christian child/teen, this type of "cleansing the secular" genre of media was so cool to me and legitimately felt a little edgy. Which is insane to think about. Now as an adult who is still a Christian, just with a lot of altered perspectives, I'm so glad I've been able to learn that appreciating music and art made from people who believe differently from me is in fact *extremely* valuable to the human experience. There is so much to learn about the world when you're out of an Us Verses Them mentality.

[@RileyG]

brooke!! fancy seeing you here!! the topic of music in my church (and to a lesser extent my family) growing up was very much “only listen to The Music Of Our Lord Jesus Christ or you are Sinning” so even the whole secular-songs-made-christian weren’t really seen as acceptable. they used *drums*, they’re practically devil-worship!! you can imagine just how bad the “us vs them” mindset was lol

[@HyenaBlank]

On the topic of christian media, the ol Veggie Tale series comes to mind as one of the good widely loved examples, even though it's often very on the nose with it's religious messaging. It's not brow beating the audience that they're all sinners that will burn in hell, it's just some silly sentient vegetables having fun and going on adventures plucked out of the myths and stories from the bibles

[@adrianbyrdie]

It's definitely a lot more about being a good person, I remember feeling bad for some characters because they were treated poorly by someone being a b-hole

[@gabrielabatista6016]

May I add another? The Prince of Egypt. It's literally an animation telling the story of Moses (not perfectly acurate but eh), it's a Bible story, there's literally the burning bush scene with God talking to Moses beautifully animated in the movie. Yet it never feels pushy or overtly religious; in fact, it has beautiful storytelling and religion is just one aspect of it. It's one of my favourite examples of religious media because they're there to tell a story, a story from the Bible but a story nevertheless, and not to push a message. The result is beautiful, from music to visuals, there isn't a single moment of that movie that isn't wonderful. I feel like if religious art just focused on telling a story, or writing a song, or heck, just praise God earnestly, they would get art that's much greater and more beautiful than what they get by being overly concerned with being Christian and pushing this message that the Devil is bad, God and Jesus are good, and you have to have faith. It's kinda like flattening the whole faith into a 2D caricature, it feels shallow, hollow and devoid of meaning.

[@dr.pepperbiggestfan]

@@gabrielabatista6016the prince of egypt is such a beautiful movie that it transcends religion. everyone should watch prince of egypt. there’s also that funny rumor about it. shrek and prince of egypt were in production at the same time and if someone messed up they’d get sent to work on shrek instead. they called it ‘getting shreked.’ it’s definitely fake but it’s funny so i like to believe it’s true

[@gabrielabatista6016]

@@dr.pepperbiggestfanActually, apparently it is true. On an interview one of the animators mentioned it, and "getting shreked" was the nickname the animators themselves gave to the punishment. It also matches in the timeline, because Shrek started production in '95, plus it was viewed as a low budget production at the time, while Prince of Egypt was the high budget one (I mean, some of the scenes took a long time, I think the sea parting alone took two years?), so they originally thought Shrek was going to fail. Also, apparently some of the side characters were voiced by the animators too. (and I google it, quite a few that I could find were also storyboard artists, so... That one I can't really confirm, but it's plausible)

[@DustySquitoNM]

Also, ridiculously catchy songs.

[@2pacEEz]

I stopped being a Christian due to seeing how strict people where as being a Christian whereas I didn’t go to church, I didn’t know much about god and also because I didn’t rly act like one. This video reminded me of it. Which rly shows how much this type of people are propelling people

[@LlywellynOBrien]

I am sorry to hear this, I promise we aren't all like this.

[@anotheralaina]

As a Christian, THANK YOU! I hate how on the nose so much Christian media is and you perfectly explained what bothers me

[@notreallymyname3736]

It always reminds me of an old joke. A doctor, a vegan, a crossfiter, and an evangelical walk into a bar. How do you know which one is which? Don't worry, they'll tell you in the first two minutes. 😂

[@FrenkTheJoy]

@@notreallymyname3736 None of them were bicyclists?

[@FrenkTheJoy]

It's kind of like with KidzBop tbh. Like... there are regular songs out there that just don't mention sex, drugs, the devil, and rock'n'roll. If you don't want to listen to those things... just listen to other songs? Instead rewriting, like, Highway to Hell into a Christian pop ballad or something. Although I would like to hear that tbh. When I was a teenager we didn't have cable, and Trinity Broadcasting Network was the only station I could get reception from on Saturdays so I watched a lot of it, so I know for a fact it IS possible to write Christian music that slaps because jfc the songs in Kids 10 Commandments were great.

[@notreallymyname3736]

@@FrenkTheJoy good call! Adding that to the list going forward.

[@maryannappiagyei4277]

I’m Christian i agree with you saying lyrics cringe and all cover.

[@CuacCuac666]

I cant believe they actually made a Take me to church cover. This song is really deep and It doesn't even talk about worshiping the devil 💀

[@RL_ManicFX]

Yeah but it’s abt a gay couple. Christians don’t like gay people.

[@totallybeatable9238]

Take me to church is honestly really offensive to some and rightfully if you do your research

[@solarbell9990]

​@@totallybeatable9238take me to church is about religious trauma... So unless youre the one inflicting the trauma theres nothing to get offended over

[@vincentfreddoyle7555]

⁠@@totallybeatable9238it’s about religious trauma if you look at the lyrics and think

[@Komorebiki]

​​@@totallybeatable9238Read about why the song was written and the meaning behind it

[@starkid_rocks]

"Follow his word or you will be dead" WHAAAAT DONT THREATEN ME BRO

[@DarthNihilus_SW]

Metaphor dawg, the bible states that those who do not see Jesus as their savior and truly believe that will be sent to hell after their Judgment day

[@starkid_rocks]

@@DarthNihilus_SW bro didn't understand the joke 😔

[@andromeda_is_rad]

As a Jewish girl that was a large WTF moment

[@Justin_beiber_hair]

Christians are nice and all but when things like this are said they just make me: 😐...no thanks I'm good

[@rosielps1818]

@@DarthNihilus_SWand the devil stuff in the original songs were metaphors too.